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#AAAAC3

#aaaac3 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aaaac3 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 66.67% red, 66.67% green and 76.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.82% cyan, 12.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 23.53% black. Its hue angle is 240°, with 17.24% saturation and 71.57% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.07.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.4124

Complementary

  1. #aaaac3
  2. #c3c3aa

Split complementary

  1. #aaaac3
  2. #c3b7aa
  3. #b7c3aa

Analogous

  1. #aab7c3
  2. #aaaac3
  3. #b7aac3

Triadic

  1. #aaaac3
  2. #c3aaaa
  3. #aac3aa

Tetradic

  1. #aaaac3
  2. #c3aac3
  3. #c3c3aa
  4. #aac3aa

Square

  1. #aaaac3
  2. #c3aab7
  3. #c3c3aa
  4. #aac3b7

Monochromatic

  1. #58587c
  2. #7d7da3
  3. #aaaac3
  4. #d7d7e3
  5. #f3f3f7

Shades

#aaaac3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aaaac3
  2. #9999b0
  3. #88889c
  4. #777789
  5. #666675
  6. #555562
  7. #44444e
  8. #33333b
  9. #222227
  10. #111114
  11. #000000

Tints

#aaaac3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aaaac3
  2. #b3b3c9
  3. #bbbbcf
  4. #c4c4d5
  5. #ccccdb
  6. #d5d5e1
  7. #dddde7
  8. #e6e6ed
  9. #eeeef3
  10. #f7f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aaaac3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aaaac3
  2. #a6a6bc
  3. #a2a2b6
  4. #9d9daf
  5. #9999a8
  6. #9595a2
  7. #91919b
  8. #8d8d94
  9. #88888d
  10. #848487
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ababb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4adc4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4abc2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a5aeb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a7acc4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6abc3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a7acb9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aaaac3 {
  color: #aaaac3;
}
Background
.bg-aaaac3 {
  background-color: #aaaac3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aaaac3 {
  border: 2px solid #aaaac3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aaaac3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 170 170 195;
  --color-primary-hsl: 240 17% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aaaac3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aaaac3, #b7aac3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aaaac3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(170 170 195 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.07 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.14 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 8.38 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 8.83 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 10.36 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.41 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 11.12 #55553c Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#aaaac3  rgb(170, 170, 195)  hsl(240, 17%, 72%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c3c3aa  rgb(195, 195, 170)  hsl(60, 17%, 72%)  Sage
#c3aaaa  rgb(195, 170, 170)  hsl(0, 17%, 72%)  Silver Pink
#aac3aa  rgb(170, 195, 170)  hsl(120, 17%, 72%)  Opal